2019–20 Croatian First Football League

The 2019–20 Croatian First Football League (officially Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th season of the Croatian First Football League, the national championship for men's association football teams in Croatia, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 July 2019. It was temporarily postponed from 12 March to 5 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Hrvatski Telekom Prva liga
Season2019–20
Dates19 July 2019 – 12 March 2020[1];
5 June 2020[2] – 25 July 2020
ChampionsDinamo Zagreb
RelegatedInter Zaprešić
Champions LeagueDinamo Zagreb
Lokomotiva
Europa LeagueRijeka
Osijek
Hajduk Split
Matches played150
Goals scored379 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerAntonio-Mirko Čolak
Mijo Caktaš
Mirko Marić (20 each)
Biggest home winHajduk Split 6–0 Gorica
Biggest away winRijeka 0–5 Dinamo Zagreb
Highest scoringLokomotiva 6–1 Slaven Belupo
Longest winning run6 games
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Dinamo Zagreb
Longest winless run17 games
Istra 1961
Longest losing run15 games
Inter Zaprešić
Highest attendance29,580
Hajduk Split 1–0 Dinamo Zagreb
Lowest attendance280
Inter Zaprešić 1–2 Lokomotiva
Total attendance458,390
Average attendance3,526
All statistics correct as of 25 July 2020.

The league is contested by 10 teams.

Teams

On 23 April 2019, Croatian Football Federation announced that the first stage of licensing procedure for 2019–20 season was complete. For the 2019–20 Prva HNL, only nine clubs were issued a top level license: Dinamo Zagreb, Gorica, Hajduk Split, Inter Zaprešić, Istra 1961, Osijek, Rijeka, Slaven Belupo and Varaždin. All of these clubs except Varaždin, which was newly promoted to the Prva HNL as champions of the 2018–19 Croatian Second Football League, were also issued a license for participating in UEFA competitions.[3] In the second stage of licensing, clubs that were not licensed in the first stage can appeal on the decision.

The following teams have mathematically secured their place in the 2019–20 Prva HNL.

Stadia and locations
Dinamo Zagreb Gorica Hajduk Split Inter Zaprešić
Stadion Maksimir Gradski stadion Velika Gorica Stadion Poljud Stadion Ivan Laljak-Ivić
Capacity: 35,123 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 34,198 Capacity: 5,228
Istra 1961
Locations of teams in 2019–20 Prva HNL
 Lokomotiva
Stadion Aldo Drosina Stadion Kranjčevićeva
Capacity: 9,800 Capacity: 8,850
Osijek Rijeka Slaven Belupo Varaždin
Stadion Gradski vrt Stadion Rujevica Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš Stadion Varteks
Capacity: 17,061 Capacity: 8,279 Capacity: 3,205 Capacity: 8,850
Team City Stadium Capacity Ref.
Dinamo ZagrebZagrebMaksimir35,423[4]
GoricaVelika GoricaGradski stadion Velika Gorica5,000[4]
Hajduk SplitSplitPoljud34,198[5]
Inter ZaprešićZaprešićStadion ŠRC Zaprešić5,228[6]
Istra 1961PulaStadion Aldo Drosina9,800[7]
LokomotivaZagrebKranjčevićeva18,850[8]
OsijekOsijekGradski vrt17,061[9]
RijekaRijekaRujevica8,279[10]
Slaven BelupoKoprivnicaStadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš3,205[11]
VaraždinVaraždinStadion Varteks8,850
Rank Counties of Croatia Number of teams Club(s)
1 City of Zagreb 2 Dinamo Zagreb, Lokomotiva
2 Zagreb County 2 Gorica, Inter Zaprešić
3 Istria 1 Istra 1961
Koprivnica-Križevci Slaven Belupo
Osijek-Baranja Osijek
Primorje-Gorski Kotar Rijeka
Split-Dalmatia Hajduk Split

Varaždin County

 Varaždin

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Dinamo Zagreb Zoran Mamić Arijan Ademi Adidas Lana grupa
Gorica Valdas Dambrauskas Kristijan Kahlina Alpas -
Hajduk Split Igor Tudor Mijo Caktaš Macron Tommy
Inter Zaprešić Tomislav Ivković Tomislav Mazalović Joma -
Istra 1961 Ivan Prelec Marin Grujević Kelme Croatia Osiguranje
Lokomotiva Goran Tomić Denis Kolinger Adidas -
Osijek Ivica Kulešević Mile Škorić Nike DOBRO
Rijeka Simon Rožman Franko Andrijašević Joma Sava Osiguranje
Slaven Belupo Tomislav Stipić Mateas Delić Adidas Belupo
Varaždin Samir Toplak Leon Benko Legea TOKIĆ

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Istra 1961 Igor Cvitanović Sacked 11 June 2019 Ivan Prelec 15 June 2019 Pre-season
Varaždin Branko Karačić Contract expired 17 June 2019 Borimir Perković 22 June 2019 Pre-season
Hajduk Split Siniša Oreščanin Sacked 19 July 2019 Damir Burić 20 July 2019 Pre-season
Osijek Dino Skender Sacked 21 September 2019 Ivica Kulešević 22 September 2019 4th
Rijeka Igor Bišćan Resigned 22 September 2019 Simon Rožman 23 September 2019 3rd
Slaven Belupo Ivica Sertić Removed from position 7 October 2019 Tomislav Stipić 8 October 2019 8th
Varaždin Borimir Perković Sacked 8 October 2019 Luka Bonačić 9 October 2019 10th
Hajduk Split Damir Burić Mutual consent 19 December 2019 Igor Tudor 23 December 2019 2nd
Inter Zaprešić Samir Toplak Sacked 4 January 2020 Željko Petrović 4 January 2020 8th
Varaždin Luka Bonačić Sacked 8 February 2020 Samir Toplak 10 February 2020 10th
Gorica Sergej Jakirović Sacked 24 February 2020 Valdas Dambrauskas 25 February 2020 6th
Inter Zaprešić Željko Petrović Sacked 8 April 2020 Tomislav Ivković 9th
Dinamo Zagreb Nenad Bjelica Sacked 16 April 2020 Igor Jovićević 22 April 2020 1st
Dinamo Zagreb Igor Jovićević Sacked 6 July 2020 Zoran Mamić 7 July 2020 1st

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Zagreb (C) 36 25 5 6 62 20 +42 80 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Lokomotiva 36 19 8 9 57 38 +19 65
3 Rijeka 36 19 7 10 58 42 +16 64 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Osijek 36 17 11 8 47 29 +18 62 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5 Hajduk Split 36 18 6 12 60 41 +19 60
6 Gorica 36 12 13 11 44 48 −4 49
7 Slaven Belupo 36 10 9 17 34 51 −17 39
8 Varaždin 36 9 9 18 29 50 −21 36
9 Istra 1961 (O) 36 5 10 21 27 59 −32 25 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10 Inter Zaprešić (R) 36 3 8 25 32 72 −40 17 Relegation to Croatian Second Football League
Source: PrvaHNL.hr
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored (at home if two teams tied); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Criteria 2-4 and 7 is only used if deciding champion, teams to international competition or teams for relegation and in that case criteria 6 will not be used).[12]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league twice, for a total of 36 matches each played.

First round
Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ INT IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Gorica 2–4 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Hajduk Split 1–0 3–0 — 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–4 2–0 2–0
Inter Zaprešić 1–2 0–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–4 3–1 2–2
Istra 1961 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 — 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–3 3–1
Lokomotiva 0–4 4–0 0–0 3–1 4–1 — 2–1 0–1 6–1 2–1
Osijek 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 — 3–2 2–0 2–2
Rijeka 0–5 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 3–1 2–1
Slaven Belupo 0–3 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–2 — 1–1
Varaždin 1–0 1–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 —
Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round
Home \ Away DIN GOR HAJ INT IST LOK OSI RIJ SLA VAR
Dinamo Zagreb — 2–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 2–0
Gorica 0–0 — 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Hajduk Split 0–2 6–0 — 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 2–3
Inter Zaprešić 0–1 0–3 1–4 — 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2
Istra 1961 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0
Lokomotiva 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 — 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
Osijek 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 — 1–0 3–2 2–0
Rijeka 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 3–1
Slaven Belupo 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0
Varaždin 1–3 2–2 0–3 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 —
Source: Prva HNL (in Croatian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

At the end of the season, Istra 1961 will contest a two-legged relegation play-off tie against Orijent 1919, third placed team of the 2019–20 Croatian Second Football League since runners-up Croatia Zmijavci failed to apply for top level license.

First leg
Orijent 19190–3Istra 1961
Report Gržan  8' (pen.), 64'
Maganjić  90+3'
Referee: Fran Jović

Second leg
Istra 19610–1Orijent 1919
  • Iličić  49'

Istra 1961 won 3–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 19 July 2020[13][14]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Antonio Čolak Rijeka 20
Mijo Caktaš Hajduk Split
Mirko Marić Osijek
4 Kristijan Lovrić Gorica 14
5 Mislav Oršić Dinamo Zagreb 13
6 Ivan Krstanović Slaven Belupo 12
7 Emem Eduok Hajduk Split 11
Lirim Kastrati Lokomotiva
Marko Tolić Lokomotiva
10 Damian Kądzior Dinamo Zagreb 10

References
  1. http://prvahnl.hr/news/21241/prekid-svih-nogometnih-natjecanja-do-31-ozujka-2020/
  2. "NASTAVAK NOGOMETNIH NATJECANJA 30. SVIBNJA". hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. "Središnji postupak licenciranja za natjecateljsku 2019/20. godinu za UEFA klupska natjecanja, Prvu HNL i u Drugu HNL završen u prvom stupnju" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. "Stadion Maksimir". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. "Stadion Poljud". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. "Stadion ŠRC Zaprešić". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. "Stadion Aldo Drosina". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. "Stadion Kranjčevićeva". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  9. "Stadion Gradski vrt". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. "Stadion HNK Rijeka". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  11. "Stadion Ivan Kušek-Apaš". prvahnl.hr. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  12. "Propozicije natjecanja za prvenstvo Hrvatski Telekom Prve lige za natjecateljsku godinu 2019/2020" (PDF). hns-cff.hr (in Croatian). 12 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  13. PrvaHNL.hr
  14. SofaScore

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